Research offers hope of new treatments for liver damage
...ophages causes scarring to the liver, but the next wave of immune cells, produced only a few days later, change function to break down and reabsorb the scarring. These findings, published in the January edition of Journal of Clinical Investigation, will help doctors to understand the mechanisms by which ...Neurobehavioral function during coma, stroke rehabilitation effective for elderly
...for medical and rehabilitation management. Brain wave abnormalities may help explain interpersonal challenges faced by people with TBI, pg 29 This study uses visually evoked brain waves to identify emotion recognition deficits in people with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Investigators measured the abil...OHSU scientists develop MRI approach to improve breast cancer detection
...ogy combines the use of powerful magnets and radio wave pulses. The magnet influences the magnetization of the body's water molecules. The radio signals that are received from this can be converted into a visual representation. The shutter speed concept allows researchers to adjust the mathematics of the...Researchers model brain's electrical storm during a seizure
... the two electrodes, indicating a strong, coherent wave pattern characteristic of a seizure. "The wave signals from both the model and the observational data were similar in shape, frequency and speed of...Anti-depressants used during pregnancy linked to neonatal withdrawal syndrome
...tation, or early childhood, and hope that the next wave of revolutionary new compounds is right around the corner."...Research offers hope of new treatments for liver damage 'plague'
...ophages causes scarring to the liver, but the next wave of immune cells, produced only a few days later, change function to break down and reabsorb the scarring. These findings, published in the January edition of Journal of Clinical Investigation, will help doctors to understand the mechanisms by which ...Very shy children may process some facial expressions differently
...were also recorded with electrodes measuring brain wave activity. The researchers found that the shyness-BI index and the presence of particular forms of the serotonin transporter promoter gene predicted smaller responses to overtly hostile and neutral facial expressions in certain regions of the brain...Discovery of key protein's shape could lead to improved bacterial pneumonia vaccine
...py and circular dishroism (CD). NMR combines radio wave emissions and a powerful magnetic field to determine the structure of proteins suspended in solutions, while CD measures differences in the absorption of different types of polarized light by molecules to determine their shape. It also can show how t...New technique scans electrical 'brainscape'
...ransition called "intermediate sleep" between slow wave sleep and rapid-eye-movement sleep. Importantly, said Nicolelis, the transitions they observed were the same from one animal to another, "suggesting that we have arrived at a major basic principle of how the brain actually operates." ...Wipeout! Surfing creates wave of unique injuries
...ed injuries: Paddling toward the surf Catching a wave Marine environment Injuries associated with padd...ommon injuries suffered while catching or riding a wave included head and neck trauma, broken arms and legs, and damage to the knees. Environmental injuries...Rice engineers demo first T-ray endoscope
...cting them at a particular target of interest."Our wave guide opens up a whole new class of capabilities b...ns today, the beam must be aimed directly from the wave generator at the spot to be sensed. Anything that needs to be scanned has to be moved in front of th...Tide of new nurses rises but shortages still loom large
...ng schools since 2001, and may represent the first wave of two-year program graduates." The number of men entering workforce has also been growing at a steady rate over the past two decades, increasing from 5 percent in 1983 with about 60,000 R.N.'s in the workforce, to nearly 9 percent, or 160,000 in 20...Study pinpoints schizophrenia brain glitch
...used a method that checks for synchronicity of the wave cycle-that is, high and low points that line up-to capture gamma activity. Successive waves "in phase" mean brain cells are communicating. The team used electroencephalogram (EEG) to record the brain waves of 20 schizophrenic and 20 normal patients ...Advances in plasma physics at Annual APS Meeting
...wing plasma with magnets, watch an electromagnetic wave demonstration, and confine a plasma in a tokamak video game. Students at all levels, teachers, parents and the general public are welcome....Advances in plasma physics at Annual APS Meeting
...wing plasma with magnets, watch an electromagnetic wave demonstration, and confine a plasma in a tokamak video game. Students at all levels, teachers, parents and the general public are welcome....Scientists raise concerns about second wave of 'mad cow' prion infection
...al Blood Service, England: Potential for a second wave of vCJD, its asymptomatic nature and long incubation, impact of donor deferral on the blood supply, how the UK is addressing the issue of prion-infected blood and potential next steps. Dr. Peter R. Ganz. Director of the Centre for Biologics E...Accelerated heartbeart mystery: Is odd electrical wave the key?
... cell culture. Within milliseconds of each jolt, a wave of electrical activity moved through the culture, ...s to see the shape and movement of each electrical wave as it passed through the cardiac cells. This gave the researchers a glimpse into the type of electri...Technologies companies at NJIT receive $500,000 in funding from state
...g high resolution, reliable, and inexpensive short wave infrared image sensors for the medical and military marketplace. The company's technology is based on silicon, the material of choice for integrated circuits, but not for most optoelectronic applications so far. Noble Device's patented process for ...New system would vastly improve heart defibrillation
... When arrhythmia starts, it generates electrical wave vortices think of little tornadoes dithering about the heart muscle. These are what stop the heart pumping. Efimov and his collaborators knew that these little tornadoes are naturally attracted to scarred heart muscle. State of the art implantable...Envisat Symposium report day 2: GMES turns science to services
...cking of the spill, but combining it with wind and wave Earth Observation and meteorological data enables a reliable forecast of its drift to be acted on. Mark Hollingsworth of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) discussed atmospheric data assimilation, revealing how the techni...